The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Officials is reminding residents to not release their pets into the wild after finding a ball python in Jamestown. Officials said the 3-foot ball python ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A pet python that was believed to be stolen has returned to the Ocean Beach library. According to a librarian, a regular at the library spotted the snake on a windowsill near the ...

A large python that turned up at a Los Angeles County In-N-Out drive-thru this week has reportedly been reunited with its owners more than 40 miles away in San Bernardino County. Workers at the ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Last week, a ball python (a non-venomous constrictor snake) was rescued from a Mumbai building by Police Constable Sachin More, a wildlife enthusiast. On December 4, More, from the LA-1 Naigaon police ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...